beathaisnéis

Irish

Etymology

From beath- (“vital”) +‎ faisnéis (“information”).

Noun

beathaisnéis f (genitive singular beathaisnéise, nominative plural beathaisnéisí)

1. biography, memoir

Declension

Declension of beathaisnéis

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beathaisnéis beathaisnéisí Vocative a bheathaisnéis a bheathaisnéisí Genitive beathaisnéise beathaisnéisí Dative beathaisnéis beathaisnéisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheathaisnéis na beathaisnéisí Genitive na beathaisnéise na mbeathaisnéisí Dative leis an mbeathaisnéis don bheathaisnéis leis na beathaisnéisí

Derived terms

• beathaisnéiseach (“biographical”, adjective)
• beathaisnéisí m (“biographer”)
• dírbheathaisnéis f (“autobiography”)
• heitribheathaisnéis f (“heterobiography”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beathaisnéis	bheathaisnéis	mbeathaisnéis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beathaisnéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beathaisnéis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beathaisnéis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024